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AA.02.08 HARRAK

Chaldean Church of al-Tahra (al-Tahira al-Kubra) , Housh al-Bai'ah Complex, Al-Shifa District, Old Mosul

Housh al-Bai'ah Complex, Al-Shifa District, Old Mosul › Nineveh
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(A1) Here are (B1) the remains (A2) of Mārt(y) (A3) Mary, (B2-3) the Blessed one.

Ḥaddād wrongly readܐܠܥܕܪܗ | ܡܪܬ ܐܠܛܘܒܐܢܝܗ
Date Most probably before 1744, the year of the renovations of the ancient church building
Language Syriac
Script East Syriac
Location Detail Church courtyard storeroom; probably originally from the diaconicon and bēt-qaddīšē
Dimensions 0.23m × 0.30m
Liturgical Furniture Plaque
Mārt(y) Mary
Harrak 2010, p. 81; Ḥaddād 1976, p. 126
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